Full time16 August 1958
Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa · Tour 1958Head-to-head
France won by 4 points.
Scoring
- –CSouth Africa conversion · Mickey Gerber2–0
- –TSouth Africa try · Loftie Fourie5–0
- –PFrance penalty · Pierre Lacaze5–3
- –DFrance drop goal · Pierre Lacaze5–6
- –DFrance drop goal · Roger Martine5–9
Line-ups
South Africa
- 1Chris KochProp
- 2Abie MalanHooker
- 3Spiere Du ToitProp
- 4Dawie AckermannSecond row
- 5Jan PickardSecond row
- 6Johan ClaassenFlanker
- 7Louis SchmidtFlanker
- 8Butch LochnerNumber 8
- 9Tommy GentlesScrum-half
- 10Jeremy NelFly-half
- 11Jan PrinslooWing
- 12Joe KaminerCentre
- 13Alan SkeneCentre
- 14Loftie FourieWing
- 15Mickey GerberFull-back
France
- 1Alfred RoquesProp
- 2Robert VigierHooker
- 3Aldo QuaglioProp
- 4Jean CarrereSecond row
- 5Lucien MiasSecond row
- 6Bernard MommejatFlanker
- 7Francois MonclaFlanker
- 8Jean BartheNumber 8
- 9Pierre DanosScrum-half
- 10Andre HagetFly-half
- 11Guy StenerWing
- 12Roger MartineCentre
- 13Arnaud MarquesuzaaCentre
- 14Jean DupuyWing
- 15Pierre LacazeFull-back
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Context
All-time, South Africa 29–12 France, 6 drawn in 47 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
South Africa going in
France going in
- Previous meeting: 26 July 1958, South Africa 3–3 France
- Next meeting on record: 18 February 1961
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.